atomirex

Originally UK, now Montreal. Stuck in 1998. VA2AEF

[atomirex @atomirex]

In the future when we all have brain implants you won't even need to press the buttons.

[Agence France-Presse @afpfr]

💭 🎬 L'artiste franco-iranienne Marjane Satrapi, qui s'est fait mondialement connaître avec la bande dessinée et le film "Persepolis", est décédée à l'âge de 56 ans, a annoncé son entourage jeudi à l'AFP.

[atomirex @atomirex]

Way too many people are obsessing over whatever latest coding models Anthropic or OpenAI have been producing. The legit scary wave of AI in the last 12 months is the stunning explosion in capability of small models like this: https://t.co/TCqB0ULJkY

[Ben Vinegar @bentlegen]

Many tech startups do well numbers-wise with a low technical bar - no matter how often their CEO says they only hire “cracked engineers”.

Getting these jobs early can be a career killer cause you never learn what cracked actually looks like.

[atomirex @atomirex]

@normancengland I think it is also your appreciation for doing things in camera vs via CGI. I happen to like Shin Godzilla and Minus One, but they are almost a different genre.

[atomirex @atomirex]

More phenomenal stuff here for old school kaiju nerds.

[atomirex @atomirex]

@mgeist Part of the tragedy is Canada used to be known for getting digital security right through Nortel spinoffs, OpenBSD, RIM etc. It's not that the knowledge/expertise is not here, it's just completely ignored.

[Michael Geist @mgeist]

. @signalapp leaves no doubt about impact of Bill C-22 on the popular messaging app in statement to committee:

“Signal will not build surveillance into our service. If we are ever forced to choose between betraying the people who rely on us and leaving a market, we will leave.”

[atomirex @atomirex]

@l4rz Is this how immortality is achieved?

[atomirex @atomirex]

If this works then AI, and the impact of AI, will prove to be a near total sideshow. Even an incredibly limited form of success for Neuralink/BCI generally will be far more radical than people are ready for.

[Dima Zeniuk @DimaZeniuk]

Neuralink is planning its first Blindsight implant later this year, aiming to restore limited vision even for people who have lost both eyes, their optic nerve, or were born blind

Over time, it could potentially go beyond that and offer enhanced or even superhuman vision

[atomirex @atomirex]

This exact same footage is on the BBC site, with a justified warning. To class what occurs here as incompetence is generous - it's maliciously condescending collective idiocy with the most disastrous of consequences.

[Europa.com @europa]

🇬🇧 Bodycam footage has been released showing Henry Nowak begging for an ambulance before being handcuffed behind his back.

Nowak: "I've been stabbed"

Officer: "I don't think you have mate"

Follow: @europa

[atomirex @atomirex]

@globeandmail Although if failure means "introduced mandatory ID checks for everyone posting on the Internet" then for the Libs it counts as a resounding success.

[The Globe and Mail @globeandmail]

Opinion: Canada’s AI strategy is set to fail before it even launches https://t.co/VN5Ac8qSsL

[atomirex @atomirex]

Seriously why did they bother with talking about Windows at all? Just get with the program and properly support Arch, and work with Valve to cover Steam and you're good.

[atomirex @atomirex]

Says quite a lot about the state of the tech industry that nVidia can announce a big Windows on Arm push, with a decent amount of unified memory, and the response is a collective yawn. https://t.co/v8agaZZUeM

[Kaiju Eiga 4K @4k_Kaijueiga]

Behind The Scenes Footage From Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996)

[atomirex @atomirex]

It used to be bad before, but the absolute standard of public technology discussion has tanked in the last decade. At this point it's a near total waste of bandwidth and attention. And no, I'm not helping!

[atomirex @atomirex]

@hunkybill Complaining you don't have more options while saying "mobile is so messy" is incoherent. You're asking for it to be more messy, by definition.

[Ivan Werning @IvanWerning]

A friend just revealed to me that the middle name of Benoit B. Mandelbrot is Benoit B. Mandelbrot.

[Olivier Duchenne @inventorOli]

Robostral can now follow natural language instructions. It responds to voice commands and pointing. It is also getting better at fine-grained manipulation where precise force control matters. It generalizes to new objects and tasks not present in the training data.